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- @una tang ste-nt ffif HARVEY D. PALMER, OF LEONIDAS,.MICHIGAN,V ASSIGNOR TO S. O. KAEMPFER-, DAVID G. WILLIAMS, AND WILLIAM C. WILSON, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 78,816, dated June 9, 1868; antedatecl June 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS TO ALLWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HARVEY D. PALMER., ofLeonidas, in the county of St. Joseph, and State of Michigan, have invented a. new and improved Hay-Fork; and I lo hereby declare that the following is a full andV exact description-thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, :intl to the lettersfof reference marked thereon. I I i Figure 1- is`a perspective view of my improvement, in which- A isi-the standard, having a roller, B, secured in an opening in its upper part, to which and the eyef of the' encircling rod C, a cord, G, is attached for-operating the prongs D,D D, through the rods E E E, which are connected to the lprongs`,as shown at o a athrough eyes on the vouter surface of the prongs. These prongs are `pivoted and'play freely in the h'eadLpiece F, which is slotted to receive the prongs, wliiclrhave their seats in the apertures thus provided. AIn a projection, b', at the bottom of the standard A, are three openings, into each of Whicha're inserted links c cc. Into these links are secured rods d d d', which are fastened at their lower ends into eyes e e ef, situated on the inner surfaces of the prongs, and about midway of' their length.

VIt will thus be seen, by this construction, that theprongs D D may be easily operated through the encircling rod C, by means of the rods EVE E, the prongs falling,by thcir own weight, to the distance they are peiL mitted to by the operator, who has hold of the rope G attach'e'dtogt'he encircling rod,\and over the roller. The whole apparatus is lowered for attachmentlto the mass, (hay,f'&c.,) below, `when the forkV is properly secured to its load, which is done by pressing the Vprongs irrto the massto be moved; it is then elevated to the proper height, and suspended overl the place desired for v.storage of the materia-l.- The operator thenhy pulling the cord G over the roller B,expauds the prongs through their connections', and .thus the fork is freed from its burden, and is ready for renewed operation. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters IatentLiS- The movable head-piece F, to which the prongs D are pivotcd, in combination with the standard A, link c', and rods d and E, substantially asiangl for the purpose set forth.

, HARVEY D.. PALMER.

Witnesses:

Isaac D. TOLL, THOMAS W. BUCK. 

